The state’s premier ends regular engagement with her hand-picked Business Council after about 18 months of meetings, according to multiple outlets. Reports say the council’s chair has moved on quietly and that the premier is no longer taking meetings with the group.
The move comes amid an ongoing policy debate about working from home. Sources describe the Business Council as having been assembled with prominent business figures and as having completed its initial period of activity. While details of the council’s future role are not specified in the excerpts, the reporting is consistent that the premier’s meeting arrangements with the council have stopped following the chair’s departure.
Across coverage, the central points are that the council is effectively on hold and that the change aligns with the broader public and political discussion about how workplaces and regulations should respond to work-from-home practices. The articles do not cite alternative mechanisms for business consultation, but they collectively frame the development as a pause in the council’s operation after the initial 18-month period.
